Scraps and Threadtales

Thoughts on the creative process, quilting, fabrics, and living life in the Southern U.S.A.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

scrappy bits...

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Rain, rain, rain...got to love it! We have had a really dry end of summer so the past few days have filled the water barrels and cleared th...
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Friday, September 24, 2010

New things...

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Usually I stay pretty traditional but when my friend Margaret (SCQuiltaddict) offered to show me how use inks on fabric I remembered my goal...
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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Short vacation

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My DH and I had big plans for this week. We booked a cabin in North Carolina, made reservations for a horseback trek, and mapped out severa...
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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Ironing board blues....

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Been playing in fabric a lot since Bonnie's lecture last week. Not getting a whole lot accomplished other than cutting up lots of scrap...
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Sunday, September 05, 2010

Bonnie's Trunkshow

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My guild was lucky to have Bonnie Hunter (one of our members from long ago!) present her trunk show at our Fall combined meeting. We may ha...
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Adopting leaves...

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A whole week went by without posting...I knew it had been crazy but that crazy!I have been working on my leftover quilt...adding these orpha...
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Little Leftover Quilt...

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Playing in the leftovers was fun...a bit addictive even. Last night I sewed the strips together and told myself to "back away from the...
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Saturday, August 14, 2010

Left-overs

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My most recent quilt top has left an avalanche of left-over bits all over my cutting table/dining-room table. Lots of 1-3/4 inch strips, 3 ...
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Friday, August 13, 2010

Cat and quilt guilt...

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My cat Brownie was gone but is back again... but all of that made the last 24 hours a bit tense. Urggggg....she slipped out which isn't ...
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Monday, August 09, 2010

All it took...

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With my DH away on a golfing outing this weekend I had lots of time to work of the sewing room...but did I? Ten minutes into the digout I f...
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Thursday, August 05, 2010

Goals and such...

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It has been hot...hot...hot here in sunny, humid, sticky Georgia so I've been spending lots of time fussin' around the quilt room bu...
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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Pre-clean and sorta flat

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I know I am not the only one who cleans the house before the maid-service comes over....in that same vein I am now de-cluttering my sewing r...
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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Not so nice...

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I know there are a lot of Gwen Marston fans out there so I thought I would pass one bit I learned while at Knoxville. A year or so ago Gwen ...
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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Donation quilt deadlines...

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Where is the time going? In only one week it will be August and that my friends is the deadline for having my guild's 2011 donation qui...
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AQS certified Quilt Appraiser and lecturer. For over 25 years I have been collecting quilts and making my interpretation of them. I'll try any type of handwork from applique through red-work to piecing.
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